Employees of the State Statistics Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan took part in a sub-regional workshop on expanding access of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to financial services within the framework of Integrated National Financing Mechanisms of countries in North and Central Asia, via videoconference.

The workshop was organized by international experts of the Subregional Office for North and Central Asia of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) in cooperation with the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

The participants increased their skills and knowledge about the potential for mobilizing and adapting financing for small and medium-sized businesses from all sources as part of a broader national financial strategy to implement development priorities between key government agencies and other stakeholders in North and Central Asia.

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